Bug
by Dinosaur Jr.

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-10-31
Overall rank: 1,473rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 299 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (229th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,473rd)

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Dinosaur Jr. bestography

Bug is ranked as the best album by Dinosaur Jr..

Dinosaur Jr. album bestography « Higher ranked (310th)
You're Living All Over Me
This album (1,473rd)
Bug
Lower ranked (1,561st) »
Where You Been

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Bug track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,473rd | 1980s rank: 229th | 1988 rank: 23rd

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 299 votes)
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01/31/2026 18:31 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,46877/100
 
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01/29/2026 00:57 bjorndedrij  Ratings distribution  15364/100
 
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01/14/2026 21:14 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,23068/100
 
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01/14/2026 17:45 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,92070/100
 
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01/10/2026 20:28 Herdandhokies  Ratings distribution  35455/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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75/100
From 02/21/2022 06:39 | #281652
IF you like distortion and guitars this is your album.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
80/100
From 08/09/2020 03:57 | #256840
This is definitely not as good as You're Living All Over Me, but I would still consider it a great album. A must listen.
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From 07/22/2019 15:04 | #240160
Favorite Tracks:No Bones, Budge
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/16/2019 03:36 | #237583
Freak Scene is great. Let It Ride is really good, and a couple other songs are good (They Always Come, Budge). But the rest of the album is too filler to make me highly recommend this album as a whole.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 01/21/2018 21:45 | #206242
Really good at times, but like so many things, I didn't like all of it.
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100/100
From 03/24/2016 17:53 | #162425
The perfect blend of alt. rock/noise rock
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Rating:  
90/100
From 07/10/2015 16:08 | #145476
Underrated and overshadowed by You're Living All Over Me, but in reality it's just as good as it.
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75/100
From 01/31/2015 22:16 | #133463
They were so prolific at this point. Pure quality throughout.
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From 02/21/2013 17:52 | #65743
Violent guitars which cut hedges. Songs structures which are nice and easy. Flows together well and I wish this could sit with other albums I had. Can't remember anythng from the lyrics at all though. Could recite every word from the Japandroids albums afer a few listens. Need more loud guitars in the world. A mole from the hole in the garden beside a black cloud on the lawn with a happy face, this album shines out greatness!
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Rating:  
95/100
From 04/23/2010 17:48 | #10914
Stunning album that starts off like dynamite. Dinosaur are geniuses. No wonder so many artists stole pieces of their sound.
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